It may be age related or my cold hands, but my bare hands lose 50% (this number is not the results of any experiment just a guess) of strength almost immediately when I hit the cold northwest water. I can hold on the paddle shaft just fine in the cold wind to the point that they seem to lock in place. I cannot do a wet exit and squeeze one of those fasttek snaps to sit up the paddle float with bare hands. Its the reason I switched form pogees to gloves. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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